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PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 4, 1969 764,025 NON-FIBRILLATING POLYOLEFIN ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING Warner D. Long. Kingsport, Tenn., assignor to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y., a corporation of New Jersey Continuation of application Ser. No. 440,596, Mar. 17, 1965. This application Sept. 20, 1968. Published Feb.

Class 24-16 N o Drawing.- 8 Pages Specification A strap of a formaible, organic, polymeric material which is substantially unilaterally oriented to give it 10ngitudinal strength containing from about 2% to about 40% of a filler material which disrupts the unilateral orientation of the strap giving it sufiicient transverse strength to prevent it from fibrillating when it is subjected to external forces. Such a strap is useful in packaging especially as a replacement for steel strapping. 

